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Meanwhile I was allowing myself to be more and more in his company, and my whole family, with my big brother at their head, were importuning me to marry him.

From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Morford, Henry

It happened that the midnight train from Cornwall was overdue, and fluttered women waiting for friends were importuning bored officials about the delay.

From The Moon Rock by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)

The rich were conveying their treasures to places of security, and the archduchesses and ladies of honor were importuning the empress to leave Vienna, and remove the court to Presburg.

From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)